Coexistence issues of multiple Co-Located IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee Networks running on adjacent radio channels in industrial environments

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-167

  Bello, Lucia Lo ^a   Toscano, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coexistence; IEEE 802.15.4; Interchannel interference; Wireless industrial communication

Indexed keywords

CO-LOCATED; COEXISTENCE; CROSS-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; IEEE 802.15.4; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS; INTERCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; LOW-LATENCY COMMUNICATION; MEDIUM ACCESS LAYER; MULTIPLE INTERFERERS; NETWORK DESIGNER; RADIO CHANNELS; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS; COMMUNICATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; SENSORS; ZIGBEE;

STANDARDS;

EID: 78650554682     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2009.2018541     Document Type: Article

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